cluaran

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• grualan (Lochalsh)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish cluarán.

Noun

cluaran m (genitive singular cluarain, plural cluarain or cluaranan)

1. thistle

Synonyms

• feumalan
• fòghnan
• gìogan
• oigheannach

Derived terms

• cluaran-cruaidh (“sow thistle”)
• cluaran-deilgneach (“spear thistle”)
• cluaran-leana (“marsh thistle”)
• cluaran-òir (“carline thistle”)
• fras cluarain (“thistledown”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cluaran	chluaran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluaran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN